Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders, causing swelling, fatigue, jaundice, and episodic or chronic pain.
Members of those groups can also be at greater risk of sickle cell, which in turn increases demand for therapeutic transfusions.Two years ago Frenchwoman Laetitia Defoi suffered serious health complications from a blood transfusion gone wrong. " are defined by two factors: a prevalence of less than 0.4 percent in the general population, and the fact that they have no alternative for transfusions," said Jacques Chiaroni, a professor at the EFS, which organised the awareness campaign.
Defoi said that her sickle cell condition had caused bone complications with the need for additional operations and transfusions.
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